Poor Gladi

[Artsifrtsi]

Is that actually a public maintained roadway or somebody's neglected driveway?

It's still a "public" road, but now is part of the Windrock trail system... It leads up to the radio towers, and coal mines.

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[rr11]

Shadow's Wow makes me glad to pay $86.20 for two years in Fl.

 

[Challenger85]

You’re not that guy from the Bronco forum are you? Claiming the gladiator was due to be discontinued after 2019 but “union contracts saved it?”

 

[Gladiator2919]

This was probably already noted somewhere……

mid anyone has a good condition scrambler for $20k let me know, can probably line up a couple buyers in the $40k range ??
Not calling you out to be rude or mean- it’s just silly to me- like an LJ with any mods- instantly 25k plus now… ??


to the OP’s post…. I will troll through and read the sourced reading materials…..
But to add to this?
Gladiator sales are down?? It’s a $45-70k TOY truck…. Our economy is going to complete trash. “Most” folks have lost significant Chunksof their 401k’s, real estate has super slumped, and I’m many regards we are “in”? “About to live through” a greater depression.

I feel that most of us are successful, well off?, doing pretty good- that we have the pleasure to own these not very fuel economic, not very good driving, some would call impractical toy of a vehicle…. Things have already started to get fun….
Look at the average household credit card debt…. Even better look at the last 3 months of credit card transactions…. The percentage of purchases for “essentials” has gone up drastically.
Numbers can always be manipulated, depicted, or flat out changes for certain narratives…. I’m not ignorant to what’s released and how…. But I’m also not blind.
if the gladiator goes ??‍? those that wanted will get one used, those that have, will continue to post love hate threads.
??‍? life is good- hope we all can remember that tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. We get one shot. Make the best if it.

I'd be fine if you kept the "toy truck" talk to a minimum around my wife....

 

[Gvsukids]

Paved road in NE TN...

Not for anything but a Mojave...

 

[DirkG]

Just read that the Gladiator may be on the way OUT due to very bad sales

I haven't read all 8 pages and I'm assuming the OP posted this as a tongue-in-cheek thread, but I think a lot of us know that the Gladiator was a victim of chip poaching from its more popular brother.

Production Of Popular Jeep Gladiator Halted Due To Chip Shortage

Flagship products like the Jeep Wrangler are given priority of the scarce supply while more niche products like the Gladiator suffer. This doesn’t mean you won’t be able to find a new Gladiator on a dealer lot. Jeep will resume production when they need to build more Gladiators for customers once the current stock is depleted. Until then, Jeep will build what it can with the limited microchip supply.

Many industry experts say that new vehicle supply won't return to normal until at least mid-2023. It all depends on where the manufacturers allocate their chips. I don't think we can put much value on sales figures until then.

 

[Rusty PW]

Traffic, yes. General road maintenance and signage not so much. Plus unlike our neighbor to the north, we understand how to not only build a highway here but also merge lanes. I can't understand how/why the engineers that thought yielding to oncoming traffic getting onto the highway is a good idea.

I've traveled all over the country and PA's "highways" are a joke, especially the Turnpike system. I've never seen an off ramp into a toll booth split lanes around a bridge pylon. (276 into King of Prussia).

You haven't been on the turnpike lately. I just traveled from Pittsburg to Downingtown and back. Lots of new sections. They are making the turnpike 6 lanes all the way across.

 

[BourbonRunner]

You haven't been on the turnpike lately. I just traveled from Pittsburg to Downingtown and back. Lots of new sections. They are making the turnpike 6 lanes all the way across.

For the first time in 75+ years they're doing road work... Color me shocked!

In all seriousness though, the PA Turnpike west of Carlisle isnt THAT bad. East? Awful.

 

[Artsifrtsi]

Not for anything but a Mojave...

That picture doesn't give a good perspective... imagine looking straight (think level) out the windshield... that was a pretty steep incline.

 

[Caraholic]

Uh Dodge discontinued the Dart after 4 years. And it was a decent seller. Nothing surprises me anymore.

Na. Terrible. They had listed one as sold new last year 2…3 years after production end? No way that thing was a turd amd panned by the press. it deserved death

 

[Geoarch]

I assume they are in some sort of redesign/update phase of the wrangler. I wonder if that starts the conversation about retooling the gladiator along side or stop production. I think the danger is gladiator pricing. Seems to be getting mighty expensive even at the very base level considering how stripped down those are with manuel locks and windows. I don’t think the average buyer is interested that level of basic. People are into gadgets and gizmos these days.

Weren't they going to change the name of Wrangler to Cougar or something stupid like that?

 

[Geoarch]

My MSRP was $59,040. Affiliate pricing brought it down to $55,391 (1% below invoice according to the website and my paperwork with the pricing code). What changes things a bit is when my JTM came in there was an additional $500 Jeep incentive and lastly a dealer cash bonus of another $750. Brought it down to $54,141. That calculates to 8.3% off of my MSRP.

FCA Affiliate Rewards (fcausaffiliates.com)

Yeah that was similar to my "deal" for a JTR in New Mexico.

 

[Geoarch]

That sucks. Flat fee here in PA.

Yeah, in New Mexico too, but only 80 bucks a year.

 

[ntwrkguru]

Traffic, yes. General road maintenance and signage not so much. Plus unlike our neighbor to the north, we understand how to not only build a highway here but also merge lanes. I can't understand how/why the engineers that thought yielding to oncoming traffic getting onto the highway is a good idea.

I've traveled all over the country and PA's "highways" are a joke, especially the Turnpike system. I've never seen an off ramp into a toll booth split lanes around a bridge pylon. (276 into King of Prussia).

Mainly because MD just takes land to make 40 acre interchanges *cough* outer loop merging back to 95 on the north side *cough*

DE does the same thing, particularly the spaghetti mess that is Christiana

 

[ntwrkguru]

In all seriousness though, the PA Turnpike west of Carlisle isnt THAT bad. East? Awful.

That's being rebuilt too. Not terrible, but not awesome. If only the toll money actually went to road maintenance.

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